Sliding drapery holder



Aug. 28, 1923. 1,465,938

J. J. GUIDER S LIDING DRAPERY HOLDER Filed May 17. 1922 h rltn/eise x whit c Gab 0 ,19 r,

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UNITED STATES 1 4 ,9 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN .J'. GUIDE, 01' NORTH rnnm,'mw YORK.

SLIDING DEAPIBY HOLDER.

Application fled lay 17, um. Serial In. 581,679.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known t at I, Jenn J. Gumnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in North Pelham, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Drapery Holders, of which the followin is a specification.

Ehe present invention relates to drapery or curtain supporting devices in which a supporting dpole or curtain pole having ringis therearoun and slidable thereon is use and one ob'ect of the invention is to a device 0 this character by which t e supporting pole and rings are concealed from view by one side of the drapery or curtain.

Another object is to provide a device of this character by which the upper edge of the drapery 0r curtain is sustained in position above the pole and rings for filling in a gapace, the pole and rings being conceale from view by one side of the drapery rovide 'or curtain.

Another object is to provide a device of this character by which the drapery or curtain is maintained in supported relation with a pole and ring by the weight of the drapery or curtain upon a ortion of the ring removably connecting t e drapery or curtain to the ring.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which the drapery or curtain is provided with means with which means on a pole supported ring is engageable for removably connecting the ring to the drapery or curtain, the means on the rin being maintained in operative relation to t e means on the drapery or curtain by the weight of the drapery or curtain, and being dlsconnectible from the means on the drapery or curtain when the weight of the drapery or curtain is relieved, the drapery or curtain being thereby removable from the ring and pole.

I accomplish these and such other objects as ma appear during the followin description, gy way of exam le, of one o the possible embodiments of t e invention shown by the accom anying drawings in which Figure 1, is a si'e e evation of a ring and a ferrule plate for coo crating therewith.

Fi re 2, is a out elevation of the ring and errule plate.

Figure 3, IS a side elevation, on a larger e ring and ferrule plate, the ring being disconnected from the ferrule plate but in position for connection theretob I Figure :1, is a front elevation, on the same soaleas Fig. 3, of the ring and ferrule plate, the ring being disconnected from the ferrule plate but in position for connection thereto.

Figure 5, is a rear view of the drapery or curtain showing a supporting ole or curtain pole, in pluralit of rings t erearound, a plurality of ferru e plates secured to the rapery or curtain, and a draw cord for slidmg the rings along on the pole.

igure 6, 1s a view of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the Figure 7, is a front elevation, on an enlar ed scale, of the ring.

imilar reference characters denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Fig. 1 the ring 10 carries at one side the up-standing portion 11 which extends somewhat above the top of the ring, the up-standing portion 11 being attached to the ring 10 at its lower end and spaced somewhat from the adjacent side of the ring, the mtention being that the up-standing portion 11 shall be engageable in the ferrules 12 of the ferrule plate 13 later described, these ferrules being received edgewise in the space between the up-standing portion 11 and the ad'acent side of the ring 10, the lower ferru e 12 resting upon the means for attaching the upstanding portion to the rin the up-standi portion 11 being slidab y engageable in lli e ferrules 12 and preferably with a rather snug fit. The ring 10 is provided at its bottom with a depression or recess 14 for the purpose later stated.

The up-standing portion 11 may be integral with the ring 10, the upstanding portion and rin being formed from a suitable wire or meta rod one end of which provides the up-standing portion 11, the wire or rod at the lower end of the up-standing portion being bent into an eye 15, Fig. 3, and being extended and carried upward and over and around in ring form and provided at the end of its extension with an eye 16 arranged at right angles to the eye 15 and hooked thereln, the up-standing portion 11 being spaced away from the ad acent side of the ring by the turn of the eye 15, and the depression or recess 14 being formed by bendin the wire or rod.

The errule plate 13 is of suitable metal, the ferrules 12 being up-struck from one surface thereof, or integral therewith, and,

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' up-standing portion 11 an der ring around the pole spaced apart; or the ferrules 12 may be secured in any suitable manner, not shown, but readily understobd, to the ferrule plate.

The ferrule plate 13 preferably substan tially oblon in shape, and is provided nearits edges it holes 17 whereby it may be attached by sewing or other suitable means to the drapery or curtain.

In 0 ration the ferrule plates 13 are attache to the drapery or curtain near the top thereof, the rings 10 being around the pole P. The up-standing portion 11 of each ring 10 is slidably inserted in the ferrules 12 of each ferrule plate from the under side of the ferrules, the ferrules assing over the between it and the adjacent side of the ring, the lowermost ferrule resti upon the eye 16 of the ring, the up-standing portion or in 11 being maintained in engagement wit the ferrules by downward pressure or pull on-the ferrules due to the weight of the drapery or curtain.

By lifting the drapery or curtain to relieve the pressure or pull of this weight from the ferrules the up-standing portion 11 may be withdrawn from the ferrules and the draper or curtain removed from the ring and po e.

By referring to Fig. 5, it will be noted that a plurality of ferrule plates 13 is attached 1n alinement to the drapery near its top and tend to stiffen the drapery, thereby due to the stifl'ening of the drapery by the series of ferrule plates providing a transverse zone of rigidity for the drapery adjacent to and above the series of ferrule plates, whereby the drapery above the line of the ferrule plates, and above the supporting pole, is caused to stand substantially upright for filling in a ga space.

For drawing the rapery or curtain towards a desired end of the pole P a suitable draw cord 18 may be attached to each ring 10 by means of the depression or recess 14.

Having thus described my invention, it should be understood that there may be modifications thereof and variations therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In a drapery supporting device, a supporting pole; a plate secure to one side of the drapery having alined ferrules thereon;

having an up-standing portion fixedly secured to one side thereof and spaced from the adjacent side of the ring; the u -standing portion being removably inserta 1e in said ferrules from the unside of the ferrules, the ferrules ass- I? over said portion and between it an the a yacent side of the ring, the up-standlng portion being maintained in position in the errules by ownward pull on the ferrules due to the weight of the drapery.

2. In a drapery supportin device, a supporting pole; a plate secure to one side of the drapery having alined ferrules thereon; a ring member around the pole comprising a ring portion and an u -standin portion fixedly secured to one si e thereo the upstanding portion having an eye at its lower end connecting the up-standing portion and ring portion and spacing them apart; the ring portion having an eye hooked in the first mentioned eye; the up-standing ortion being removably insertable in said errules frbm the under side of the ferrules, the ferrules assin over said portion and between it an the a jacent side of the rin the upstanding portion being maintaine in osition in the ferrules by engagement 0 the lowermost ferrule with the second mentioned eye and downward pull on .the ferrules due to the weight of the drapery.

3. In a drapery supportin device, a supporting pole; a plate secure to one side 0 the drapery having alined ferrules thereon; a ring member around the pole comprising a ring portion and an n -standing portion fixedly secured to one si e thereof, the upstanding portion having an eye at its lower end connecting the lip-standing portion and ring portion and spacing them apart; the ring portion having an eye booked in the first mentioned eye; the up-standing ortion being removabl engageable in said errules and maintaine in engagement therein by the weight of the dra ry; the up-standin portion being remova ly insertable in said ferrules from the under side of the ferrules, the ferrules passing over said portion and between it and the adjacent side of the ring, the up-standing portion being maintained in position in the ferrules by engagement of the lowermost ferrule with the second mentioned eye and downward pull on the ferrules due to the weight of the drapery.

4. In a drapery supporting device, a supporting pole; a late secured to one side of the drapery having alined ferrules thereon; a ring member around the pole comprising a ring portion and an up-standing rtion fixedly secured to one side thereof, t e upstanding portion having an eye at its lower end connecting the lip-standing portion and ring portion and spacing them apart; the ring portion having an eye hooked in the first mentioned eye and havin means for securing a draw cord thereto; the up-standing portion being removabl insertable in said ferrules from the un er side of the ferrules, the ferrules passing over said ortion and between it and the adj aoent si e of the ring, the up-standing portion being maintained in position in the ferrulesb engagemeat of the low rmost ferrule wi h the secand mentioned eye and downward above the ull on the ferrules due to the weight of t e drapery said ring portion, up-standin portion, eyes and means for securin a raw cord thereto being formed inte ra l by bending a piece of wire or metal rorfi 5. In a drapery sup ortin device, a supporting (pole; a plura ity 0 plates secured to the rapery in alinement transversely of the drapery near its top, each plate havin thereon alined ferrules; and a plurallty of rings around the pole, a ring or each plate; each ring havin an upstanding portion fixedly secured to one side thereof and spaced from the adjacent side of the ring; the up-standing portions of the rings being removably insertable in the ferrules of the plates from the under side of the ferrules and maintained in position in the ferrules by downward ull on the ferrules due to the weight of t e dra ry; the alined plates providing a zone of i-igldity for the drapery at its top adjacent to and plates and sup rting pole and causing the portion of the dfapery above the plates and pole to stand substantially upright for filling in a gap space.

6. In a drapery supportin device, a supporting pole; a plura ity of p ates secured to the drapery in alinement transversely of the drapery near its top, each plate having thereon alined ferrules; a plurality of rings around the pole, a ring for each plate; each ring comprising a rin portion and an upstanding ortion fixed y secured to one side thereof; t e up-standing portion having an eye at its lower end connecting the up-standing and ring portions and spacin them apart; the ring portion havin an eye ooked in the first mentioned eye; tide up-standing portions of the rings being removably insertable in the ferrules of the plates from the under side of the ferrules and maintained in position in the ferrules by downward pull of the lowermost ferrules of the plates on the second mentioned eyes of the rings due to the weight of the drapery; the alined plates providing a zone of rigidity for the drapery at its top adjacent to and above the plates and supporting pole and causing the portion of the drapery above the plates and pole to stand substantially upright for filling in a gap space.

JOHN J. GUIDER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. S. Wxmams, H. D, PENNEY. 

